Skills Canada Nova Scotia Association
Publicly funded institution · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 885157222RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,698,717) as filed with the CRA.
Skills Canada Nova Scotia Association is a charitable organization based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $394K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 22 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $710K in 2020 to $1.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
Nova scotia skills competition - provincial event that welcomes youth from across the province to come together and compete (showcase their skills) in more than 40 contest areas suck as welding carpentry etc. The gold medalist in each category advances onto the canadian skills competition ongoing projects - we bring groups of approximately 100 students in to a local community college and give them the opportunity to try things hands on in trade and techn
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $1.6M | $23K | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $1.4M | $24K | — | $984K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $24K | — | $782K |
| 2021 | $952K | $836K | $762K | $26K | — | $809K |
| 2020 | $710K | $621K | $544K | $39K | — | $693K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $394K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions22
- Total compensation, all staff$655K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Benoit (director); Chris Bourque (director); Calum Macleod (vice president); Trent Soholt (treasurer); Geordie Walsh (director); Ashley Delong (president); Marjorie Davison (director); Jeffrey Barrett (director); Kathy Greeno (director); Anna Naylor (secretary); Audra McCreesh (director); Ann Sylliboy (director); Shawn McKillop (director); Michelle Bussey (director); Tyler Flectcher (director); Gordon McKelvie (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Skills Canada Nova Scotia Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 885157222RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.